Morgenstimmung - Morning Mood (for Piano Solo)
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SKU: A0.597390
By Edvard Grieg. By Edvard Grieg. Arranged by Flavio Regis Cunha. Romantic Period,Wedding. Score. 8 pages. Flavio Regis Cunha #5801423. Published by Flavio Regis Cunha (A0.597390).Intermediate
Format: Concert, 9 x 12 inches
7 pages
Program Notes
"Morning Mood" is part of Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt, Op. 23, written in 1875 as incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play of the same name, and was also included as the first of four movements in Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46.
Morgenstimmung, composed by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, is a timeless classical gem. Written in 1875 for solo piano, this lyrical yet gentle piece offers one of the most beautiful musical landscapes ever painted. Grieg depicts the peace and beauty of a Norwegian morning with delicate arpeggios and a flowing melody. As the piece progresses, Grieg adds more texture and variety to the musical landscape with playful motifs and lyrical phrases. This unique and captivating composition will most certainly be appreciated by audiences new and old as it captures the joy and wonder of nature in a few short minutes.
The piece depicts the rising of the sun during act 4, scene 4, of Ibsen's play, which finds Peer Gynt stranded in the Moroccan desert after his companions took his yacht and abandoned him there while he slept. The scene begins with the following description: "Dawn. Acacias and palm trees. Peer Gynt is sitting in his tree using a wrenched-off branch to defend himself against a group of monkeys."
As the Peer Gynt suites take their pieces out of the original context of the play, "Morning Mood" is not widely known in its original setting, and images of Grieg's Scandinavian origins more frequently spring to the minds of its listeners than those of the desert it was written to depict.
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